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I was having all kinds of difficulties with XBMC on my Apple TV2 and was trying to remove it and start all over. It didn’t work out even when resorting to SSH through terminal. Then I was able to find a solution over in the FireCore forums.   Basically required that I manually remove all [...]

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In preparation for the release of the Honeycomb OS for Google TV before the end of this month, many new apps are now appearing on the Android Market. There is content from several publishers like the Wall Street Journal, CNN, CNBC, QVC and others. Also interesting takes on what we can do with Google TV are offerings [...]

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The resources for designing applications for Google TV are now released. You can download them on the GTV Resources page. There is another page more useful for developers with the whole list of resources. Be sure to check out the UI guidelines to get a sense of how your app will change based a the [...]

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Google has now provided a way for developers to get started on their Google TV apps and emulate televisions in the sdk. With the new tools, developers can test their existing mobile or tablet Android applications in a big-screen environment, eventually porting them over to run on Google TV. It’s also possible to create new [...]

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Here is another hint that the Google TV 2.0 update may be coming soon. The Google TV Honeycomb leak is out, there have been lots of talk about certain apps already working (although many do not on the “rooted” leak). Just today, I noticed the Clicker and Napster apps on the market. I imagine we [...]

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